Charles Lindbergh, an aviation pioneer, passed away peacefully on August 26th, 1974 at the age of seventy-two. Born in 1902 in Detroit, Michigan, he was the only son of Swedish-born aviator Charles August Lindbergh and his Minnesota-born wife, Evangeline Lodge Land Lindbergh. Charles Lindbergh achieved worldwide fame when he became the first person to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean between New York and Paris. Dubbed “Lucky Lindy” by the press, prior to his history-making flight he also set the transcontinental air-speed record of eleven hours, forty-five minutes in 1923. He later embarked on a 16,000 mile tour of Europe and the Middle East and served as a Experimental Test Pilot for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1930. After his retirement from flying in 1967, Lindbergh stayed active in various ways. He contributed to several books and articles, exploring topics from germ warfare to foreign policy. He served with the U.S. Air Force Reserve, and later on the boards and committees of various charities and environmental organizations. Lindbergh was a recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Medal of Honor from the U.S. Congress and several honorary doctorates. He is remembered and revered as the lone pioneer of aerial navigation and for his passion and dedication to humanity and the causes he believed in. He will be deeply missed.